Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has today announced that it has teamed up with the Forum of Private Business to provide its business customers with access to the Forum’s wealth of bespoke resources.

The collaboration will allow the bank’s fast-growing number of business banking customers access to the Forum’s advice service, equipping them with the resources they need to navigate everything from legal and financial challenges, to the latest HR guidance that accompanies running a successful business.

Chief executive officer of Paybase, Anna Tsyupko, speaks with Financial IT about how the company has evolved over the years, emerging trends and future plans.  

Financial IT: First of all, we would like to thank for this interview. Can you tell us more about Paybase and your career path?

Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of payments and financial messages, today announced the appointment of David Mark, Senior Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), to its Board of Directors. Harpreet (Harp) Grewal, long-time member of the firm’s Board of Directors, takes on an additional role in the firm as Executive in Residence.

Stand up and ask your Alexa who is in your family right now. Or who lives here. Or who all she’s interacted with. Who all is she talking to! She doesn’t know. Isn’t that outrageous? Why hasn’t she asked? Why does Netflix insist on the different profiles of those using in it the same subscription, but Alexa, a device designed to sit in the middle of the family hub has no clue? She’s being discreet is why. She’s careful what personal data she asks about. That’s not right. 

FundedByMe, the fastest growing equity crowdfunding platform in Scandinavia, with a network of 110,000 investors, is expanding into Poland.

Starbucks Coffee Korea Co., a 50/50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee International, Inc. and Shinsegae Group, launched voice recognition ordering today in South Korea by integrating with Bixby, Samsung’s intelligent assistant, available on select Samsung Galaxy devices. 

BCS Technology, a leading provider of Blockchain consulting and implementation services, today announced that it has been identified as a representative vendor in the Gartner "Market Guide for Blockchain Consulting and Proof-of-Concept Development Services," report based on their provision of strategic advice, creation of Proof-of-Concept's, and helping clients take Proof-of-Concept's into pilot or production. 

Nintex, the world's leader in intelligent process automation (IPA), is bringing the era of intelligent process automation to Australia with its Nintex World Tour Melbourne event on Tuesday, April 17 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourn